Chris Flexen spun his best major league start on Wednesday night in the New York Mets 4-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Flexen pitched a career high six innings allowing only two runs on six hits, four walks and tied a career high with five strikeouts. He went over the 100 pitch mark for the first time and lowered his big league ERA now to 5.79 in six starts. It’s also the fourth...
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Gerson Bautista was the lowest ranked prospect of the three relief arms the New York Mets got from the Boston Red Sox in the deal for Addison Reed according to MLB Pipeline. However, most felt that Bautista had the highest ceiling of the group because of his blazing fastball that has topped out at 101 MPH this season for the Mets and Red Sox. The big issue for Gerson during his entire minor...
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Following another horrendous outing for Steven Matz on Thursday night the New York Mets are leaving open the opportunity to skip his next start. Matz allowed seven runs (six earned) on seven hits and two walks in 3.1 innings to raise his season ERA to 6.08. The Mets have only won one of his last nine starts. After his latest rough outing, manager Terry Collins left open the possibility of...
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The New York Mets announced that infielders Gavin Cecchini and Matt Reynolds have both been promoted from Triple-A and added to the 25-man roster. Infielder Jose Reyes has been placed on the 10-disabled list with an oblique strain. He was a late scratch from the lineup on Wednesday. The Mets also optioned right-handed pitcher Kevin McGowan to Triple-A Las Vegas. McGowan didn’t make an...
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FanGraphs updated their Top 100 Prospect list today with four New York Mets included with Amed Rosario rated the best at No. 2. Following Rosario is first baseman Dominic Smith at No. 53, shortstop Andres Gimenez at No. 75 and left-handed pitcher David Peterson at No. 81. Earlier this week FanGraphs also released their updated Mets Top 10 which looked like this: Amed Rosario (SS, Majors) Dominic...
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